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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by spaniard89277 on Friday July 03, 2020 @05:03PM (#23727614)
> by playing the culture war we make ourselves feel good without stopping anything.

Thank god I'm not alone.

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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by WaxProlix on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:36PM (#23728230)
Not only are you not alone, that's both the default view of many (most?) programmers and the stated claim of many closeted racists who want to detract from incremental steps by referencing orthogonal issues and derailing conversations.
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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by spaniard89277 on Saturday July 04, 2020 @04:06AM (#23730901)
I don't want to detract anything, I just find it absurd. You can call me what you want, don't really care at this point.
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